Newcastle United have a great chance of ending their recent bad derby run against Sunderland this weekend, according Lee Ryder.

The Chronicle chief sports writer has previewed the Wear-Tyne derby which takes place at the Stadium of Light and believes the Magpies’ 6-2 win over Norwich last weekend can help them towards ending a run of five consecutive defeats to the Wearside rivals. He predicts a 3-1 win.

Sunderland, meanwhile, come in to the game bottom of the league and still without a win this season – though former Toon boss Sam Allardyce will take charge of them for just the second time after seeing big improvements in his first game, a 1-0 away defeat to West Brom.

Watch Lee Ryder’s give his thoughts ahead of the game in the video above.